Production Operator

About the Permian

Straddling West Texas and Southeastern New Mexico over an area roughly the size of Kansas, the Permian is the most prolific oil and gas basin in America and the engine behind the country’s energy renaissance. Nationally, it provides about 40% of oil and 15% of gas production and plays a critical role in making the U.S. a leading energy exporter.

A key asset for ExxonMobil, the Basin accounts for about 40% of the Corporation’s net oil and gas production in the U.S. in 2021, with significant future growth potential. Production reached more than 550,000 barrels per day in 2022 and is expected to surpass 800,000 barrels per day by 2027. Many of these molecules travel down to ExxonMobil’s facilities along the Gulf of Mexico, where they are transformed into high-value finished products such as jet fuel and lubricants. The Permian Basin business unit also has the distinction of being the first at ExxonMobil to unveil and execute a plan for net zero Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions in operated assets by 2030, as part of the Corporation’s broader 2050 net zero ambition. 

About 800 employees of ExxonMobil’s Unconventional business line work and live in Midland, Odessa, Carlsbad and the surrounding areas, all of which offer easy access to national parks and unrivaled outdoor recreational opportunities. Employees in the area also get to enjoy the world-renowned Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, which ExxonMobil has proudly sponsored since 2019. As a major operator in the Permian Basin, ExxonMobil invests heavily in local community development through the Permian Strategic Partnership, an industry consortium that works to enhance quality of life by improving infrastructure, healthcare, housing, education and workforce development.

What role you will play in our team

• Assist other Production Operators with operating and inspecting pumping and wellhead equipment among other duties. 
• Support Pioneer field operations throughout the Permian by ensuring that Pioneer’s Safely 8760 and Stewardship 365 objectives are met and driven consistently at the field level. Expected to exemplify and enforce HSE policies and Pioneer’s RESPECT culture. Be accountable for tasks being performed on locations to ensure safe work. 
• Once employed, a skill assessment coinciding with this description will be assigned that further defines the job duties for progression/promotion purposes.

What you will do

• Learns to operate and inspect pumping and wellhead equipment.
• Learns basic operation and proper maintenance of gas engines, testers, phase separators, water knock outs, heaters and stock tanks, and other on-site wellhead equipment and compressors.
• Assists with routine maintenance of production equipment, learning to check wellhead compressors.
• Learns to detect oil, water or gas leaks, and broken seals. Also learns proper lockout/tagout procedures.
• Utilizes SCADA equipment for well surveillance to optimize production and prevent spills.
• Assists in minor repairs of production equipment.
• Learns to read and record daily numbers from various lease oil and gas measurement equipment.
• Ensures tank thief hatches are securely closed.
• Learns to enter daily production readings, well test readings, downtime and run tickets into current electronic systems.
• Learns to advise water haulers when water is ready for pickup and disposal.
• Learns to complete all required paperwork, reports, and to run required reports.
• Perform other duties as assigned by Supervisor, to include special projects.
   

About You

• High school education or equivalent.
• Entry level position. No experience necessary.
• A current valid driver’s license with an insurable driving record.
• Able to read and write in order to read pressure gauges and complete paperwork.
• Basic computer skills, including use of Microsoft Office.
• Strong adaptability skills
• Eager to learn 
• Basic understanding of how to operate hand tools such as grease guns and wrenches, to lubricate or tighten equipment.

Physical Demands:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand or walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop or bend; and talk or hear.
• Ability to climb a ladder and stairs.
• The employee will be driving assigned Company vehicle on unpaved lease roads. 
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 lbs.

Preferred Qualifications/ Experience

• Related oil and gas experience.
• Familiarity with mobile applications. 

Your benefits

An ExxonMobil career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance, and life.

We offer you: 

• Pension Plan: Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you. The basic benefit is a monthly annuity to be paid to you in retirement for the rest of your life. 
• Savings Plan: You can contribute between 6% and 20% of your pay and are encouraged to enroll right away. If you contribute at least 6% to your savings plan, the Company will contribute a 7% match
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans. 
• Culture of Health: Programs and resources to support your wellbeing. 
• Employee Health Advisory Program: Provides confidential professional counseling for you and your family, including tools and resources promoting mental health and resiliency at no additional cost to you. 
• Disability Plan: Income replacement for when you cannot work due to illness or injury occurring on or off the job. Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you.

More information on our Company’s benefits can be found at www.exxonmobilfamily.com

Please note benefits may be changed from time to time without notice, subject to applicable law.

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Pre-Employment Testing Guidance

This position requires pre-employment testing. After applying you will receive a pop up giving you access to the assessment. You may take the assessment at that time or utilize the instructions below to access the assessment at a time convenient for you.  Note that the assessment must be completed by the deadline for you to be considered for the position for which you have applied. Assessment results are valid for 365 days from the original date of completion and apply to all job postings which require this pre-employment assessment.

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ExxonMobil assessments have been revised.  Effective May 1, 2024 all applicants must complete the revised assessments. 

PLEASE COMPLETE THE ASSESSMENT BY:  The assessment should be completed by Sunday November 10, 2024.

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• Click on View Profile (top right-hand corner) and login. 
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